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February 7, 2025

Apple Cider Vinegar is Anatomy of Lies for the MAHA set

the true crime that's worth your time

Apple Cider Vinegar

On the surface, the case of Belle Gibson doesn't have enough meat on its bones to justify a one-off true crime feature, let alone a full series. The Australian social media influencer's greatest crimes were that she claimed (on multiple occasions) to have cancer when she allegedly did not, and that she made promises to donate profits from her (successful!) business ventures to charitable efforts then failed to deliver. So when I opened Apple Cider Vinegar's page on Netflix and saw that it was six godamn episodes, I grooooaaned. Six freakin' eps of yet another show about yet another woman who allegedly filled the void within herself by claiming to have a fatal disease?

I texted my husband to say "I'm going to need a big-ass Americano and a box of pastries to get through this one," and then I got to work, if by "work," you mean watching ascending true crime queen Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick! Unbelievable! Boy I wish Justified was based on fact!) adopt an extremely convincing (I think? Australian people, please weigh in here) accent to portray Gibson, who — the show tells us at the beginning of every episode — was not financially compensated by the production.

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